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A new study shows that an open-source AI model performs on par with the leading closed-source tool in its ability to solve tough medical cases. The shift portends greater competition that should benefit for patients and clinicians.

Free Open-Source Tool Matches Big Tech’s Best in Cracking Tough Patient Cases

Categories Health, Technology

Artist’s impression of a hypervelocity star ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud (shown on right). When a binary star system ventures too close to a supermassive black hole, the intense gravitational forces tear the pair apart. One star is captured into a tight orbit around the black hole, while the other is flung outward at extreme velocities—often exceeding thousands of kilometers per second—becoming a hypervelocity star. The inset illustration depicts this process: the original binary’s orbital path is shown as interwoven lines, with one star being captured by the black hole (near center of inset) while the other is ejected into space (lower right).

Runaway Stars Reveal Hidden Black Hole in Milky Way’s Nearest Neighbor

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

Scanned electron micrograph image of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which can cause gonorrhea.

Post-Exposure Antibiotic Shows Major Impact on STI Prevention, Study Finds

Categories Health

The massive, yet invisible halo of dark matter of a galaxy cluster works as a "macrolens,", while lone, unbound stars drifting through the cluster act as additional "microlenses, multiplying the factor of magnification.

Webb Telescope Discovers Over 40 Ancient Stars in Distant “Dragon Arc” Galaxy

Categories Space

Portrait of Beautiful Lonely Young Woman Drinking from a Wine Glass in the Dark Kitchen. Depressed and Sad Adult Girl with Alcohol Problem Drinks Alone, Bad Relationships, Work Stress, Other Problems

Scientists Discover How Estrogen Drives Binge Drinking in Females

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Microscopic view of cells in the inferior colliculus region of the brain

How Deaf Musicians Can ‘Hear’ Through Touch

Categories Brain & Behavior

Eating chocolate may decrease risk of irregular heartbeat

Dark Chocolate May Lower Diabetes Risk While Milk Chocolate Linked to Weight Gain

Categories Featured

The team’s overall goal was to be able to compare the amounts of α-synuclein protein contained in extracellular vesicles (right side) relative to α-synuclein contained in total plasma (left side). To achieve the former, they innovated an already validated EV-isolation and analysis process with a critical “protein protection assay.”

Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Disease Detection: New Blood Test Method Shows Promise

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Artist's illustration of filaments extending from a supernova witnessed in the year 1181.

Ancient Supernova’s ‘Dandelion Petals’ Mapped in 3D for First Time

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

Sea robin (Prionotus carolinus).

This Fish Has Legs: Sea Robins Reveal Evolutionary Secrets

Categories Life & Non-humans

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AI Model Identifies Potential Treatments for Thousands of Rare Diseases

Categories Health, Technology

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New AI Tool Rivals Human Experts in Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

Categories Health, Technology

Side-by-side simulated images of M87* show the improvement in clarity and resolution from 230 GHz to 345 GHz. These improvements are allowing scientists to measure the size and shape of black holes more precisely.

Event horizon telescope makes highest-resolution black hole detections from Earth

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

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